Sea locker



April 29, 1969 v A. .1. POULIOT SEA LOCKER Filed Nov.

INVENTOR ARCADE J. POULIOT ATTORNEYS United States latent Oflice 3,441,113 Patented Apr. 29, 1969 3,441,113 SEA LOCKER Arcade 1. Pouliot, 12402 Kinship Turn, Bowie, Md. 20715 Filed Nov. 8, 1967, Ser. No. 681.369 Int. Cl. A45c 13/00, 3/00, 7/00 US. Cl. 190-51 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to a waterproof sea locker and, in particular, to a sea locker used with a sea bag.

Military personnel are required to use standard size sea bags for the storage of their goods. These bags are composed of canvas or duck and are collapsible. Consequently, clothes and other goods in the bags become wrinkled, crushed and water damaged when in storage or in transit. Again, when the sea bag is opened, it is difiicult to find particular articles.

The objects of this invention are to produce a sea locker in which articles are stowed without 'being wrinkled, crumbled; or crushed. Another object is to produce a sea locker with transparent drawers so that the articles can be easily located. A further object is to make a sea locker completely waterproof so that maximum protection from water and mildew can be obtained at all times, and while it is stored in damp and humid climates. I

In general, these objects are obtained by providing a stiff and rigid waterproof liner designedand shaped to fit within the sea bag. This liner contains a number of transparent vertically stacked drawers. The waterproof liner and drawers make a rigid structure so that the articles stowed in the drawers will not become wrinkled, crushed or water damaged. The articles can be easily found by reason of the transparency of the drawers.

The means by which the objects of the invention are obtained are described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a sea bag after being filled with the sea locker elements of this invention;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the locker open and partially cut away;

FIGURE 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the liner and drawers without the outside sea bag partially cut away;

FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of FIGURE 3; and

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of a detail showing the corner construction between adjacent drawers.

As shown in FIGURE 1, a standard size sea bag is composed of a flexible material such as canvas or duck. The bag is closed by folding the top portion 12. It is locked by a clip 14 which engages a h-asp 16. A carrying strap 18 joined to the clip and bag completes the basic structure. The clothes and other goods packed into this bag are not protected from being crushed and wrinkled; nor are they protected from the elements, rain or mildew. I

According to this invention, a stiff and rigid waterproof liner 20 of slightly less size than the bag 10 is inserted within the bag. The liner shown is rectangular and has four side walls 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d and a bottom 20e. This liner 20 has a lock cover 22 connected to the liner by hinge 24 which is preferably a piano hinge. The cover has a recessed key lock 22a and is also waterproof, and when secured in the down position completely Waterproofs the sea locker. A chain 25 holds the cover from falling backwards. On each side wall of the liner is a vertical triangular guide rib 26. The guide rib may be pressed out of the material forming the liner or be a separate piece attached to the liner.

Removably mounted within the liner are a plurality of drawers 30, '32, 3'5, 36 and 3-8. As shown, the drawers diminish in size from bottom to top. Each drawer has four side walls, a bottom, and an open top. Grooves 40 complementary to the ribs 26 are formed in the side walls of each drawer. The drawers are of slightly less size than the liner so that they can be easily inserted and removed from the liner. For ease of handling, the bottom of each liner has a handle 42 inserted across a slight depression in the bottom.

As shown in FIGURE 5, adjacent drawers are additionally held in stacked vertical alignment by peg joints. The top corner edge of each drawer has a gusset 50 having a hole 52. On the bottom corner of each drawer is a peg 54 which is adapted to fit into the hole 52 of the next underlying drawer.

The liner and cover are preferably constructed of a sturdy light weight material, and the drawers preferably of a transparent material, such as a transparent polymer resin.

In use, the cover 12 of a sea bag is opened and the liner inserted there-in. The drawers are then placed in the liner with desired articles contained in each drawer. The drawers are held in vertical alignment by means of the guide ribs 26 and grooves 40 and further held in alignment by the peg joints in the corners of each drawer. The, top unit 22 is brought in a downward position thus securing the sea locker by means of the flushed recessed mounted key lock 22a. The cover 12 is then closed and the bag used as a sea bag except that the sea bag always is in its fully expanded shape. To remove an article from the bag, either the bag can be partially slipped from the liner or the entire liner, together with the drawers, can be removed from the bag. Each drawer can be easily lifted from the liner and any desired article quickly found.

The light weight liner and drawers do not add any appreciable weight to the sea bag and its contents. Consequently, the advantage is gained of obtaining maximum storage space together with the keeping of unwrinkled or uncrushed articles free of water damage. This greatly increases the usability of the sea bag which has been converted into a waterproof sea locker.

Having now described the means by which the objects of the invention are obtained,

I claim:

1. A sea locker comprising a canvas sea bag, a rigid liner in said bag, a hinged cover joined to said liner, a plurality of drawers stacked in said liner, and guide rib means in said liner and drawers for vertically aligning said drawers in said liner.

2. A sea locker as in claim 1, further comprising peg joint means for connecting adjacent drawers to each other.

3. A sea locker as in claim 2, said guide rib means comprising triangular ribs extending vertically of the in side side walls of said liner and complementary grooves in the sides of said drawers.

4. A sea locker as in claim 3, further comprising a handhold in the bottom of each drawer.

'5. A sea locker as in claim 4, said drawers being composed of transparent material.

6. A sea locker as in claim 5, said liner and cover being waterproof.

4 References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,510,815 10/1924 Adams 190- 51 3,128,854 4/1964 Specht 19051 X DONALD F. NORTON, Primary Examiner.

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